German number · CEFR A1
sechsten
Meaning in English: sixth
This is a form of sechste, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own.
Example
Wir wohnen im sechsten Stock.
We live on the sixth floor.
How common is sechsten?
sechsten is number 4,793 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 17 times per million words — about once every 60,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 78% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 4,789kräftigstrong, powerful; heavily
- 4,790nachhaltigermore sustainable; sustainable
- 4,791das Laborlaboratory, lab
- 4,792türkischenTurkish
- 4,793sechstensixth
- 4,794vertiefento deepen, to consolidate
- 4,795künstlerischenartistic
- 4,796Festivalsfestivals
- 4,797Athletenathletes
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